Ireland and the Fourth International

Papers, journals and pamphlets of the Fourth International's supporters in Ireland, 1969–1996

PDs Sister Organisation in Lebanon Shows Way Forward

In Socialist Republic: Vol. 5, August 1982 · scan pages 7–8 · about 331 words

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Comrades , THE FOLLOWING IS aN OPEN LETTER FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST GROUP (LEBANESE SECTION OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL) TO THE LEBANESE RESISTANCE ORGANISATIONS, BROADCAST OVER WEST BEIAUT RADIO AND PUBLISHED IN THE The only road to preserve: the sacrifices af aur two peoples, and to prevent them being uge- eneny Fy lessly wasted, the only road to preserve our patriotic army and our political liberties, the only wey to abort the Begin-Reagan cempaipn against our national cause, the only way to disarm their offensive, this orly way is represented by the following Measures, whith we call on you to implement in the name ef the blood which has been Shed by thousands of martyrs:

4) to continue the strugele without restrictions spainst the Zionist army of occupation, to prevent it having a moment's respite, snd to make it pay for every minute oF oceupation of our land, 2) To refuse entry to armies State aries or armies of the agents of imperialism, 3) to refuse any formulas concocted by the USA and Saudi Arabia, thanks to the Zionist occupation and with the comPllicity of the state. 4) to treat the institutions of the state as “treacherous. Te set up a government af national resistance composed of forces which have genuinely struggled against the Zioniat 5) to set in motion local democratically organised councils so they can organise the realatance in Beirut, 6) to unite the military ferces and centralise them within the 2ramewark of a National Guard, and to pre+ vent the use of arms by certein suspect groups which have nothing to do with the national resistance, 7} te demand of the ertiimperialist states and forces, notebly ‘the USSR snd Cuba, an immediate military irtervention slongside the Lebanese and Palestinian resistance until the total and unconditional retreat of the Zionist argy from the whole of Lebaness ee ee re =

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On the day Gerard Tuite was sentenced to ten years jail ~ Road eacapees, Meanwhile, encouraged by the extension

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